Ethanol

CAS Registry Number®

64-17-5

CAS Name

Ethanol

Molecular Formula

C2H6O

Molecular Mass

46.07

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Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    78.5 °C
  • Melting Point (1)

    -114.1 °C
  • Density (1)

    0.789 g/cm³ @ Temp: 20 °C

Source(s)

  • (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C2H6O/c1-2-3/h3H,2H2,1H3

InChIKey

InChIKey=LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(C)O

Canonical SMILES

OCC

Other Names for this Substance

  • Ethanol
  • Ethyl alcohol
  • Alcohol
  • Algrain
  • Anhydrol

Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

8000-16-6, 8024-45-1, 121182-78-3

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